Starting with the Seoul metropolitan area on the way home from work, the rainy season is expected to spread across the country again tonight and continue until tomorrow afternoon. It looks like a lot of rain will fall by tomorrow. As for the amount of rain, up to 120 millimeters in the Chungcheong-do provinces and … Read more
Rival lawmakers at the National Assembly are engaging in a fierce standoff, following a day-long filibuster that was launched on Wednesday afternoon. The biggest clash of the 22nd National Assembly thus far revolves around an opposition-led bill calling for a special investigation into the death of a Marine during a search and rescue operation amid … Read more
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Good afternoon. We have monsoon rain in the forecast, it will start to rain late this afternoon from the west spreading to the rest of the central regions then it will rain nationwide by late tonight. It’s forecast to rain down hard overnight dropping 20 to 50 millimeters an hour on central regions, so park … Read more
Let’s take a look at the latest news in ‘The World Now’. Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed relations with China, saying they are “at their best period in history,” as he met with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. Both Putin and Xi … Read more
Urban forests here in the country appear to be emerging as places of refuge for a number of endangered wildlife prompting calls for proper research and support efforts. Lee Eun-jin has more. In this small forest, surrounded by houses and apartments in the city center of Gangneung in Gangwon-do Province, the endangered flying squirrel has … Read more
The harvesting of strawberries is no longer dictated by seasonal laws thanks to advances in technology that have also allowed for dramatic drops in related costs. Cha Yun-kyung tells us how. This is a strawberry farm in Pyeongtaek , Gyeonggi-do Province. Farmers usually finish harvesting strawberries at the end of May, however, a strawberry harvest … Read more
Members of K-pop girl group New Jeans have been elected as honorary tourism ambassadors for Korea this year. The official appointment ceremony by the Korea Tourism Organization will take place next Thursday that is July 11th. Last week New Jeans was on stage at the Tokyo Dome for two days where over 90-thousand fans gathered … Read more
The White House has reaffirmed President Joe Biden’s bid for re-election this November amid rampant speculation about a potential surrender following a U.S. media report quoting a “key ally”. Lee Seung-jae explains. A report by the New York Times Wednesday led to a wave of speculation that U.S. President Joe Biden was considering dropping out … Read more
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday nominated Lee Jin-sook for the chair of the Korea Communications Committee. Now this is the third nomination for the post over the course of a year as the previous chairs stepped down amid impeachment plans by opposition lawmakers. Lee Jin-sook who is currently the head of the Daejeon branch … Read more
